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DOMESTIC NEWS. 
Congressional. 
NOMINATIONS. 
May 23 the President sent to the Senate the 
following nominations: 
John W. Douglass, Deputy Collector of Internal 
Revenue, to be Commissioner of Customs, vice Sar¬ 
gent; Caleb < 'lay. to b<: Collector of Internal Rev¬ 
enue for the Thirteenth District of Now York; Wil¬ 
liam II. Van Onlen, to he Assessor of Internal Rev¬ 
enue for the Thirteenth District til New York; 
Charles tt. Palmer, Pojttnasterat PorUtheitcr. N. Y,; 
A. 1'. Sullivan, to he loistmaster at Santa Ko, New. 
MexiCo; 8.8. Cljithbtick, to he Postmaster at Gold 
Hill. Nevada. 
Bird W. Gray, District Judge for the Eastern Dis¬ 
trict of Texas. 
Mark Tilton, Pension Agent ut Mattexon, Iml. 
Commander George A. Stevens, retired list, to he 
Lioiitenant-Pomtiiandcr on the active list, 
Allync r. I,itch Held, to ho Consul-General at Cal¬ 
cutta. 
May 24 the President nomirinted V. C. Itiimphrevs, 
Collector of Customs at Pensacola, Fla.: Charles K. 
English, Collector ol Customs Ml Georgetown, D. t 
and Deandcr Gnrrnrd, Attorney for Nebraska. The 
President lias withdrawn the nomination ol Deputy 
Commissioner of Internal Revenue Douglass, for 
Commissioner of Customs, at that gentleman's re¬ 
quest. 
NOMINATIONS CON FIRM ED. 
May, 19.—The Senate to-day confirmed the fol¬ 
lowing nominations: 
Ex-Senutur Willard Warner, of Alabama, as Gov¬ 
ernor of New-Mexieo; Rev. C. H. Boynton of Wash¬ 
ington,as Recorder of the General Land Office; Ed¬ 
win L. Stanton, son of the late Edwin M. Stanton, 
as Secretary for the Territory of tlm District of Co¬ 
lumbia ; William Herman of Vermont, ns consul at 
St. Johns, Canada , H, 11. Mllroy. ns Marshal for Wy¬ 
oming Territory ; IMvId H. Blldlong, nx Collector of 
Internal Revenue for the Firth District til Missouri; 
James V. Rentier, as I’lijlertor for this Fourth Dis¬ 
trict. New-Jersey ; General Franz Rigid, Collector for 
the Math District, Ncw.Vork.nnd Edward JJvaigs- 
ton. Assessor for the Ninth District of Pennsylvania. 
,\ iimcrous nominations for Postmasters wem con¬ 
firmed, Including Geo. I,. PtlllajMii of Mobile. Ala.: 
Miss Ella 8. Keck, at Greenville. Penn., and Volney 
Belknap, at North-East, Penn. 
May 23 the Senate confirmed .Tames M. McDoilgall 
of New-lork, ( hlor Engineer in the Revenue .Ma¬ 
rine: Allyne C. Idtchfield. < lonsiil-GcneraI at (Sill nt- 
ta: Commodore B, F. Sands, to ho Rear Admiral; 
Cupts. Rood Worden and Stephen R, Trenchant, to 
be Commodores; Commander Ed. Barrett, to he can. 
tain. 
May 36.— The Senate, in Executive Session 
to-day, non tinned the following nominations: 
Addison I,owe, Supervising Inspector of Steam¬ 
boats for llie Second .liulicial District. II Ray 
Myers Appraiser of Merchandise at Mobile. Ala. 
Samuel Hunt, Collector ot Internal Revenue lor Lite 
Second District of Georgia. James G Marshall, As- 
sessor of internal Revenue for the Twenty-third 
District of IVnnsvtvunlu. Wm. H Van nr.lcr, As- 
Tribunal of Arbitration which is to meet at Ge¬ 
neva for the settlement of the Alabama claims. 
New York. 
A SUICIDE IDENTIFIED. 
Aprh. 2d a lady was found dead In a room in 
the Stevens' House, New York city, who had 
given the name of Kate E. Harrington. She 
left no other due whereby she could be identi¬ 
fied. She has been identified as the wife of An¬ 
drew Harrington < I"' 1 ' maiden name was Eliza 
V. Seldom 
SEPARATE 60100U* FOR COLORED PEOPLE. 
The Methodist Episcopal Zion Church Confer¬ 
ence in Poughkeepsie, May 19, resolved to dis¬ 
countenance any scheme for the establishment 
of separate schools or colleges for colored peo¬ 
ple in this State. 
The fires on the mountains in Sullivan, Ulster 
and Delaware counties have swept over 10,000 
acres of woodland. Three gem lemon from New 
York city, who wore hunting in the mountains 
were surrounded by the fire at one time, and 
with groat difficulty made their escape into a 
swamp. Three cabins are in ashes, and no tidings 
have been received of the families occupying 
them. Samuel Cooper, a hermit, who lived near 
the summit of one of the mountains, is believed 
to have perished. 
May 25.—William Foster, who killed Mr. Put- 
natn on a street car in New York city, some 
weeks since, with a car book, was convicted of 
murder in the first degree, and sentenced to be 
banged July 11. 
Maine. 
CENTENNIA b CELEBRATION. 
May 20 the citizens of Winthrop celebrated 
the one hundredth anniversary of the Incorpo¬ 
ration of that town. Ex-Governor Chamberlin 
delivered the oration, followed by addresses 
from Governor Perham and others. 
Miss Ella8. Keck, nlGrpnnvllle. Penn., anil Volney Massachusetts. 
Belknap. «t North-East, Penn. 
May 23 the Senate confirmed .Tames M. McDougaU f!KN ‘ 7UITt ' ER ,,N TnR ris " TREATY. 
ri„; Vt "iiivI k ;, rl i"i? f , lr \ t> 10 Revenue Ma- Boston, May 22.-Gen. Butler to-day read a 
rlne. Allyne < • Litchfield, (.omuit-General at < Went- , ,, , , , . ■ , , .. ,, , 
ta: Commodore R. F. Bands, to he Rear Admiral; letter bofore the LpgialrtU v<; t urnnuttoe on Fed- 
CiipH. Reed Wortb'o mid Stephen d. Trenchant, to oral Relations, which he had addressed to Sona- 
be Commodores; CommanderKd. Barrett, tube Cap- fcm . AmW| rov lewl,.gand generally condemning 
May 35,— The Senate, in Executive Session Treaty or Washington, especially in iis set- 
to-day. confirmed the following mmiliiaHoM: f he, ‘ V ,^ 6l,0n - 11 * tbat 
.... „ ,, „ . . , , out of the 400,000 barrels of mackerel caught be- 
boat» for i lie si-dl n\T'J 'olmb,ri!»trua.°' ir ' Ra'y ,weo11 Ca P e May and the northern limit by our 
Myer«, Appraiser of Merchandise at Mobile, Ala. fishermen, only some 30,000 barrel? were last 
Second IR strlotof Go!irght/°Jamox «.*Marshal| f Ax- y0ur ,nk,n nri,ish or Other waters, and this 
sessor pf Internal Revenue for the Twenty-third WAS about the annual average. When fishing 
fo?il.ymufflro8: under f,,U rtli,,sU hconse, our fishermen took 
trictof New York. vlccG. w. ivniieiu. tube removed, loss than onc-tltth of their catch within the 
NcwY.'ak 1 , three * ro “ c »"«• So t,lat tbe «•«»>«•"• of conces- 
reslgoed, I .candor Goxard. United States Attorney 8lon tOUa by the present treaty is the right of 
SSci22v:r.^i,« ««• tarr r'*» ( r cln !2 , il l,,ol i ro " l '” <110 - 
A. I.. Watson to be First iddutcnanifl in the Marino money value, is from $5,000 to $7,000 annually 
Officaattent Wr " ,ht ’ lu b0 Land only. 
PiistiiuwUi*. -H. A. Mills, at Waverly, Iowa It cost the British $81X1,000 to guard the right 
aTPortcm'Mer'/NyY^ bI^v'. 1 Da , vV» , at < KI?diim'iifd U *rnd r °/ th ® ° f ,7 ’°°° Pet Vet the 
Ja^. S. CiKin, ut London, i»iw;i. k, w Carroil at American Commissioners opened ilic ne^otla- 
Hayes city, Kan, Ja». li. .speed, at Marion, Ala.’ lions with an offer to pay $1,000,000 in gold for 
the Washington treaty RATIFIED. this right, or $(K),0fK) annually for all time for a 
May 24.—The Treaty of Washington was rati- T ' 8,lt wbfcb Nova Soolia offered to sell and did 
fled to-night by a vote or fifty to twelve, after 80,1 io, ‘ *’ 7 ' 000 " In exchange for this $7,000 
a session of more Mum eleven hours’duration wo arc to permit all British fishermen to fish in 
It passed the Senate exactly in the form in waters lor all kinds of fish, except shell and 
which it was received from the Commission river fish, and to land on our shores to cure their 
Washington fish and (Uy thole nets from the 46th. to the 39th 
parallel, or from East-port to Delaware Bay. The 
weather REPORTS. opotungofowr ports to British fish free ot duty. 
Arrangements have been made hy the War '*'"1 competition with the British bounty of $1 
Department for the resumption of the regular per quintal and French bounty of 10 francs, and 
telegraphic circuits for the simultaneous trans- other features of the treaty, the General bo- 
mission ot weather reports to all tlie principal lievos, will substantially ruin our fishing in¬ 
cities on tlie sea and lake coasts of the United forests. 
States, in accordance with the plan so success- E. H. Derby addressed tbeCommittec. Ho said 
fully Inaugurated last November. Reports will our mackerel fishery alone was worth $5,000,000 
be received at these points from forty-eight annually. The cod fishery was valued to the 
stations. State of MassachuseMs at $3,000,000 per annum, 
HEAVY DECLINE in INTERNAL revenue re- while the supply otfish dully to tlm markets of 
ceipts. the State was worth from twrtand n-hnlf to three 
A statement showing the receipts from the m 'hions, and the whole fishery at least $6,500,000 
sale of Internal Revenue adhesive stamps, from amiu,llly * The tntftl fishery was thus worth at 
July, 1809, to May 18.1870, gives a total of *ri lpast 117,000,000, or equal to one-sixteenth of the 
986,484, and from July, 187o, to May 18.1871 *p>’- onlir,: productions of the State. The treaty, he 
923,185, a falling off in the receipts ot 063 ’’Os contended, would take away the sole protection 
speaker COT-PAX prosth ated ’ of onr fis, "’ , ' m£n in home market, and throw 
-- * „ , PR ost r at Lit. tlirnn into competition with the English and 
_ ; v Near the omsc ot the session of the French fishermen, who bad not so heavy duties 
senate to-day, Vice-President Colfax, feeling to contend with, and who had every advantage 
sick, requested •senator Pomoroy to occupy his given them over our own men. There was an- 
p ace n eu > l ie latter gentleman reached other and still greater consideration, and that 
ie cur i - C'llax left the platform, and on was that, we were sacrificing the great nursery 
hav7n.n«M! , |.Vax?ig e . n u T""'; R ,lizzv ' W0,J,d of our navy for Paltry consideration of the 
fm'f! 1 f M m y ' e <>nr V 111 tot ,, ‘® ef - pitiful lino of three miles around some of the 
J: ” 1 ‘ ' 1,0 PMiicipal legislative British provinces, which line the British fisher- 
LJerk, who was conducting him from ihe chain- men had no right to. 
ber. Major McDonald, the Chief Clerk, and 
Ca„t. Bassett, the Doorkeeper, immodiauiy re THE DIVOROE BTOINESS ' 
paired to the seene, as did the Senators in that J ,lp n ° s,0, i Advertiser shows how divovees 
vicinity, and the Vice-President was conveyed havo bioroased in MassacliUsotts within forty 
to his room. years. The figures are given from the records 
After Mr. Colfax's removal to bis room a pal- ot t,ie Su P re,ne for the April Term, in 
Jet was obtained. He suffered from nausea. Middlesex county. They show the number ap- 
whiob produced vomiting, and on the slightest pbed tor and granted: 
motion was seiwd with vert igo. For nearly four April. 1S31. or ' Gn,nt€d ,; 
hours (Ids irregular action continued, the H .! 
stomach refusing to retain anylhing. The akin April' ti, ati 
was cold, the pulse low, and attacks of vertigo Al’ 1 ' 11 ' ‘■an 30 
were threatened continually. About 7 o’clock The Advertiser adds that (lie case of Middle- 
he began to rally, aud before Dr. Bliss tem- sex is probably not peculiar, and that a like in- 
porarib left him, the symptoms were subsiding, crease in thisdepartmentof litigation may prob- 
Mr. luliax hosbeen sutfering fur « week past !,ll| y be found in all the other counties in the 
troin a malarious at tack, and « severe catarrh. State. 
These had acted injuriously to weaken hissys- Penntsylvanl*. 
tem. and left him exposed to the still more Thai- The Alleghany Coinmanderyof Knights Tem- 
gerons malaria of the Senate’s Exeoniive ses- l’ 1 * 11 ', of Pittsburg, are about to make a pilgrim- 
sions. May 23 lie improved slowly all day, and ft 8Te of four months to Europe. They will be 
telegraphed his wile nut to coate on nor to he Joined by many Sir Knights from Philadelphia 
alarmed, as lie should soon bo ready to We$fc. un ^ Neiv-York, increasing: the number of the 
He sent a letter to the Senate, in which he said' Party to over 100. 
ntaen dinOn 0 ‘ YPC ‘ Lt ,le '' llllu ,0 OCCUpy Ills THE COAL DIFFICULTIES SETTLED. 
nor,, A ... May », 
May 24.—Mr. Colfax's condition is ,*mm u "ieed mys ‘7 Tho between the operators and 
Perilous. He is able to speak only in a 32 workingmen, which led to the strike in January 
The greatest apprehensions are entertain !lst ' l,HV ' ntr bern sett,l?d by * h « decision of the 
his life. Ho is not conscious o? hispeSl “ mpire ’ Jud f. ,h ® wbole Schuylkill re- 
May 36.-The latest news received as we go to oHhlTi T ^ at W °' k ' ; vo, 1 ' kin » ,n€n 
nres« suites th it Mr , f 10 of the Lelngh Company, and or the Penn- 
mU ot d:S‘!‘ aX1S L ' eaci ’ th0lwh not sylvanla Coal Company, have also resumed, aud 
iR all probability the Upper I,ehigli and Upper 
Tin. KP-KT.ux committee. Luzerne dial riots will have their differences so 
Tiio Congressional Ku-Klux Committee 1ms adjusted that resumption will be universal 
appointed Senators Scott, Poole and Blair, and throughout the whole anthracite coal Hold early 
Keptosentftiiyes Poland, Coburn, Stevenson, next week. The deficiency in production up to 
Beck and Van Trump, n sub-Commirtee. and 'his time is fully 2,500,000 tons, and the supply 
authorized them to proceed at. once with Hie in- usually on hand at this season of the year being 
vestigation, and continue the same as long as now exhausted, would aggregate not 
they deem expedient. They are to report to tbo less than 5,000,000 tong behind Ihe same period 
full Committee oil theSOth of September, lost year. During the remainder of the ship- 
SECretary FL«n to retire, plDfc ' fienson * "°w limited toahoutseven months, 
There is excellent authority for thestatemont U T' 1 req,,lre £Very available means of mining 
that Secretary Fish will shortly retire from the and transportation to supply the requirements 
Capinet, and be appointed our member Of the ° f the inarket ’ Tbo demand is quite active and 
THE WASHINGTON TREATY RATIFIED. 
M ay 24.—The Treaty of Washington was rati¬ 
fied to-night by a vote of fifty to twelve, after 
a session of more than eleven hours’ duration. 
It passed the Senate exactly in the form in 
which it was received from the Commission. 
Washington. 
WEATHER REPORTS. 
Arrangements have been made by the War 
Department for the resumption of Hie regular 
telegraphic circuits for tlm simultaneous trans¬ 
mission of weather reports to all Hie principal 
cities on the sea and lake coasts of the United 
States, in accordance with the plan so success¬ 
fully Inaugurated last November. Reports will 
be received at these points from forty-eight, 
stations. 
HEAVY DECLINE IN INTERNAL REVENUE RE¬ 
CEIPTS. 
A statement showing the receipts from the 
sale of Internal Revenue adhesive stamps, from 
July, 1809, to May 18,1876, gives a total of $13,- 
986,484, and from July, 1870, to May 18.1871, $13,- 
923,185, a falling off in the receipts of $1,063,29s. 
SPEAKER COT-FAX PROSTRATED. 
May 22.—Near the el use of the session of the 
Senate to-day. Vice-President Colfax, feeling 
sick, requested Senator Pomeroy to occupy Ins 
place. Directly the Jatter gentleman reached 
the ehnir Mr. Colfax left the platform, and on 
his way out, suddenly becoming dizzy, would 
have fallen heavily to the floor but for ilic ef¬ 
forts of Mr. Flagg, the principal legislative 
Clerk, who was conducting him front lire, cham¬ 
ber. Major McDonald, the Chief Clerk, and 
Cant. Bassett, the Doorkeeper, immediately re¬ 
paired to the scene, as did the Senators in that 
vicinity, aud the Vice-President was conveyed 
to his room. 
After Mr. Colfax's removal to his room a pal¬ 
let was obtained. Ho suffered from nausea, 
which produced vomiting, and on the slightest 
motion was seized with vert igo. For nearly four 
hours (his irregular notion continued, the 
stomach refusing to retain anything. The skin 
was cold, the pulse low, and attacks ot vertigo 
were threatened continually. About 7 o'clock 
he began to rally, aud before Dr. Bliss lem- 
porarilj left him, I he symptoms were subsiding. 
Mr. Colfax has boon suffering for a week past 
troin a malarious attack, and « severe catarrh. 
These bad acted injuriously to weaken his sys¬ 
tem. and left him exposed to tbo still more dan¬ 
gerous malaria of the Senate's Executive ses¬ 
sions. May ^ be improved slowly all day, and 
telegraphed his wile nut, to coate on nor to be 
alarmed, as lie should soon bo ready (o go West 
He sent, a letter to the Senate, in which he said 
that he did not expect to he able to occupy bis 
place during the remainder of thosession ‘.sen' 
a tor Anthony was elected President pro tan 
May24.—Mr. Colfax's condition is pronounced 
perilous. He is able to speak only in a whisper 
The greatest apprehensions are entertained for 
his life. Ho is not conscious of his peril. 
May -.6. 1 lie latost news received as we go to 
press States that Mr. Colfax is better, t hough not 
out of danger. 
THE KP-KT.UX COMMITTEE. 
The Congressional Ku-Klux Committee lms 
appointed Senators Scott. Poole and Biair, and 
Repiesentativcs Poland, Coburn, Stevenson, 
Beck and \ an Trump, a sub-Comniirlee, and 
lull Committee on t he 20th of Seplember. 
SECRETARY FISIl TO RETIRE. 
There is excellent authority for the statement 
that.Secretary Fish will shortly retire from the 
Capinet, and be appoiuted our member of the 
Ohio. 
W. L. Parmlke. President of the First Nation¬ 
al Bank of Youngerstown, was shot hy his wife's 
cousin, Jas. R. Tyne, on Tuesday, May 23. The 
bullet inflicted only a flesh wound. An old fami¬ 
ly feud is said to be the cause of the trouble. 
Illinois. 
Quincy. May 25.—A heavy rain and hail storm 
occurred hero yesterday afternoon, the hail 
stones weighing from two to three ounces. 
M ucli damage was done to the crops. It was the 
severest storm known in this section for years. 
Michigan. 
Under the new Michigan liquor law, if a man 
who lias been drinking does injury to a person 
or to property, the saloon keeper is held liable 
for nil the damage, and the person from whom 
ho rents his saloon can also be held. If a saloon 
keeper is convicted of selling liquors, his lease 
of any place where it was sold is declared for- 
reited, although he may have Just couie Into 
possession. If the wife of a drunkard or a drink¬ 
ing man can prove that she or the family has 
been damaged through such sale, she can re¬ 
cover. 
Kansas. 
Topeka, May 85.—In the United States Circuit 
Court, yesterday, before Justice Miller and 
Judge Dillon, a decision was arrived at in the 
case of Hawthorne, indicted for having In his 
possession and attempting to pass counterfeit 
money. Jt appeared In evidence that for four 
years he had the money in his possession, and 
Imd frequently passed It and redeemed i t, as a 
means, in the prosecution of the regular busi¬ 
ness of teaching persons the art of detecting 
counterfeit money. The Court declared it the 
first time limy had over heard ot that kind of 
business and that if It were permitted to go on, 
there would bean end to nil prosecutions for 
dealing in counterfoil money, and that it was 
entirely against public policy. Under these 
stringent Instructions, the Jury brought in a ver¬ 
dict of guilty. 
California. 
At the great camp-meeting in Sacramento City 
no less tlian ten thousand people convened in 
the great lent at the first service. 
It is proposed In San Francisco to form a club 
to purchase a magnificent palace car recently 
built in that city from California and Mexican 
woods, and present it to the President of the 
United States. 
Tub little mining town of Auburn has a tan¬ 
talizing mystery. Boring ibe last eighteen 
months various Chinamen have brought into 
(he village and sold chunks of pure gold, vary¬ 
ing in value from $20 to $200, which seem to 
have been roughly chopped off frqm a solid 
mass. Where they come from nobody knows; 
but their character indicates dial the Chinamen 
have found somewhere a pretty considerable 
mass ot pure material, from which they work 
off chunks from time to time. 
Dakota. 
A writer in the St. Paul Press says that in 
that part of the old Minnesota Territory which 
is now called Dakota, he has seen scores of miles 
of oouutry, a degree of lutilude above Fort Tot¬ 
ten, which formed a continuous plantation of 
wild strawberries. Tu many places the straw¬ 
berries grow in clusters on bushes three and four 
foot high, rprt* ^folng through that region, 
through crushing toe berries, left long, crimson 
trails like blood behind them. Strawberries were 
very cheap there. 
Virginia. 
DESTRUCTION OF COLONIAL BUILDINGS AT 
ALEXANDRIA. 
May 19, a fire destroyed the old colonial and 
revolutionary buildingsat Alexandria. Among 
the houses destroyed were the Masonic Lodge 
of which Washington was rim Master, and the 
old Colonial Court House, iu which his provin¬ 
cial troops were quartered in 1754, from the door 
of which Braddock marched to his defeat in 
1755, and in which ex-Presidcnt Washington 
gave his last vote, in 1799. The old Revolution¬ 
ary flags to the old Court House were saved, 
however—the flag of Washington's body guard, 
the flag of Paul Jones and that of a company of 
Alexandria Continentals. The city records for 
a century were lost. 
ffllsKoiirl. 
St. Lours, Mo., May 85.—Information from 
Douglas county represents that the house of 
John Hatfield was surrounded on the night of 
Thursday, the 18th, by a party ot men who fired 
several shots into it. After day break, Hat field 
discovered two of his assailants, and shot and 
wounded them. Subsequently, Hatfield gave 
himself up. and while being taken to the County 
Seat in charge of an officer, lie was overtaken by 
several men and killed, his body being riddled 
with bullets. Three attempts laid been made on 
Hatfield’s life since last fall. 
Texas. 
HORACE GREELEY IN GALVESTON. 
Horauf. Greeley arrived in Galveston, May 
19, on the steamer Norfolk, lie was met on the 
boat by the Mayor mid a Committee of the 
City Council. At the hotel a large number of 
citizens, Without distinction of party, paid him 
their respects, and lie was serenaded and other¬ 
wise honored, lu response to the serenade, he 
made a speech, avoiding political topics. 
New Mexico, 
Santa Fe, May 24— News was received at the 
military headquarters of this district to-night, 
by utl express messenger from Camp Apache, 
Arizona, that all the mountain Apaches have 
declared open war against the whites. It is 
supposed to have been caused by' the recent 
killing of 100 Indians at Camp Grant. There is 
a very urgent request for military assistance 
from this district. 
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FOREIGN NEWS, 
France. 
PARIS IN FLAMES. 
Since our last issue (at which time the status 
of things seemed the same as they had been lor 
weeks) the Versaillists have entered Paris and 
driven tlm Communists before them, causing 
great slaughter on both sides. Many of the 
leaders of the Commune have been captured 
and shot. But the most wanton spirit has pre¬ 
vailed with the Communists, who have fired and 
destroyed t lie Palace of the Tnlleries, t he Lou vre, 
the Hotel do Vi He, the Palais Royal and the 
Palace of the Legion of Honor. What other 
vandalism they may commit it is impossible to 
state; but nt this writing (Thursday, May 25) 
one-third of the city is reported to be in flames. 
Both parties are fighting with desperation and 
the sacrifice of life is enonnousand heart-sicken¬ 
ing. No quarter is given the insurgents by the 
; Versaillists, though the non-combatants are not 
, harmed. 
THE LATEST. 
Paris, May 26.—We have passed the most aw¬ 
ful night Paris has ever seen. Fires raged in 
eleven of the Arrondissetncnts. The Commun¬ 
ists used boxes of petroleum with the most reck¬ 
less disregard of life aud property, setting fire to 
houses where men, women and children were. 
The firing of the Tull lories whs done by the bands 
of Bergeret himself. The wall ol the facade on 
the west front has fallen in. The inside main 
wall, unless it falls, will have to be pulled down. 
The appearance of tlie ruins t his morning Is per¬ 
fectly appalling. The Vers&iliista showed no 
mercy to the Communists wherever they mot in 
small detatchmeuts. National Guards caught 
hiding were either shot or bayoneted. A young, 
handsomely-dressed officer of the Commune was 
caught lu Ihe Place de la Concorde, his arms tied 
behind his back, and shot in a dozen places. The 
sewers in several st reets are running with blood. 
Smoke is alt above, lire all around, and slaughter 
every w here. 
Germany. 
The Germau Reichstag has approved a supple¬ 
mentary clause lo the postal treaty between 
America and Germany, under which letters will 
henceforward be forwarded to and from Ameri¬ 
ca ut the rate of 2# groechen (nbout 6 cents) per 
half ounce. 
Berlin, May 25,—Tho Emperor Alexander of 
Russia will arrive In Berlin on the 9th or June, 
and will witness the triumphal entry of the 
troops, which Is appointed for the 11th of June. 
In the German Parliament, to-day. in tho dehate 
on the bill incorporating Alsace and Lorraine 
with the German Empire, Prince Bismarck said 
the task he undertook when he becalm- Minis¬ 
ter, to establish the Empire, was nearly accom¬ 
plished. His health was bad, and Ids personal 
wish was to retire from active duty. He re¬ 
mained only as an advocate for tbo complete 
restoration of ibe provinces of Alsace and Lor¬ 
raine to tbo Fatherland. He complained of the 
lack of confidence shown by Parliament. Un¬ 
less the amendments it had made to the bill now 
before it were expunged, he would withdraw 
Hie measure, and lei the Emperor appoint a re¬ 
sponsible Minister in his place. A vote was 
then taken, and the bill was sent back to the 
Committee for revision. 
England, 
London, May 25. In tho House of Commons, 
Mr. ltylands gave notice of his intention to 
move a resolution that treaties must be submit¬ 
ted to Parliament before rat ification. 
Mr. Gladstone opposed an immediate expres¬ 
sion of sympathy with France for the outrages 
in Paris. The Government has as yet received 
no official information of the acts, aud the ac¬ 
counts in the public prints were doubtless ex¬ 
aggerated. 
Spain. 
THE ASSASSINATION OF PRIM. 
Madrid, May 30. —A judicial report issued by 
the Cortes incriminates 8etmr B.iretu in the 
assassination of Marshal Prim. Ilarcia, who was 
formerly attached to a faction opposed to the 
Marshal and his political colleagues, has been 
elected deputy. It is now fully believed that 
tho assa&dnatjoii was tbo consummation of a 
deeply laid political ploi. 
There is trouble in Spain again. May 22d the 
Radicals presented a resolution for tho establish¬ 
ment. of a Republic; and tbe Carlists submitted 
a motion declaring the election of King Ama¬ 
deus to bo void, and that Don Carlos ot Spain is 
the rightful King The discussion was long and 
excited. 
To Tourists- Passports for France. 
Lord Lyons telegraphs from Versailles that 
he has received from the French Minister for 
Foreign Affairs a notice that every traveler, to 
whatever nationality he belongs, is bound to 
produce, on his entry into French territory, a 
passport regularly signed or vised by a French 
agent, American tourists should bear this in 
mind. 
€>nna«la. 
Bradford, Out., May 22.—A fire here which 
commenced this morning baa been raging all 
day and lias totally destroyed the business por¬ 
tion of the town. Not n store is left to supply 
thesufforere with provisions. The neighboring 
towns are sending In supplies. Over 60 families 
aro Jolt homeless. Several left by trains for 
adopted homos. The children are half dad. The 
loss cannot bo less than $500,000; some estimate 
it at $1,000,000. 
Ottawa, May 20.—Advices received Inst night 
from Montreal State that, there are strong indi¬ 
cations of a fresh Fenian movement there, 
directed by Fenians in the States. It is i bought 
they will take advantage of the coming election 
excitement to create trouble. A large force of 
the Government Secret Police are on the alert. 
Toronto, May 35.—A sad accident occurred in 
the Bay hero to-day. A young Indy named Miss 
Ada Winstaby, while boating with some friends, 
was struck by a ball from the rifle of a volun¬ 
teer who was target shooting. The bullet en¬ 
tered the lower Jip, fracturing the jaw-bone, 
carrying away four teeth, and lodging in tlm 
neck. Jt has been extracted, but tbe young la¬ 
dy’s condition is considered critical. 
Plague al Buenos Ayres 
Ar last accounts from Buenos Ayres there was 
n slight diminution in tho violence nt the plague 
t hat bus prevailed at that place since the begin¬ 
ning of February. In u population of over 200,- 
000 it is estimated that over 25,000 have fallen 
victims to the yellow fever, and there tire at 
least 15,000 more sick, of whom the majori ty will 
probably perish. The average number of deaths 
during the week ending April 15 was more than 
450 per day. Tlm highest number reached dur¬ 
ing one day was on Sunday, April 9. when there 
were 749 deaths; the lowest number was on 
Thursday, April 13, when there wore 397 deaths. 
The proportion slightly increased the succeeding 
day. There are probably no more than 40,000 
inhabitants remaining in the city. About three- 
fourths have fled to Montevideo or to thecountvy 
within a circumference of 50 miles from Buenos 
Ayres. Those who remained belli ml were ihe 
poor people, wlioexhibitodastrange indifference 
to their fate. Strict quarantine regulations have 
been adopted, and so effectually have they been 
executed Mint almost all communication with 
the city lias ceased. Both Mr. Kirk, the Ameri¬ 
can Minister, and Mr. Clapp, the American Con¬ 
sul, have sought retugo in tho country. Ilia 
gratifying to know that, in this calamity, tlm 
American residents of the city have stood by 
each other to a commendable extent. It is said 
that there is little prospeot of a material decrease 
in the violence of the epidemic before the cool 
weather sets in. which will not be b< fore theeiul 
of the present month. 
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NEWS AND NOVELTIES. 
There is a married girl in Danville, III., whoso 
age Is twelve years and six months. The hus¬ 
band is forty. 
THE Fifth Army Corps Society adopted a res¬ 
olution requesting the President to reopen tho 
case of Fitz-John Porter. 
The British Commissioners have paid over 
$100,000 in gold siuco they first met in Washing¬ 
ton for cable telegraphing. 
Detroit wants a monument to commemorate 
its early days, li is proposed to have the legends 
connected with its capture in 1812 engraved on it, 
Black caterpillars are said to have made their 
appearance iu some portions of Tennessee in 
such droves as In one instance to stop a train of 
cars. 
The Ctiiengo and Northwestern Railroad 1ms 
several engineers who have traveled over 4no,. 
000 miles each, or nearly the distance of 17 times 
round flic world. 
A citizen of Ottawa, Canada, lias taken out a 
patent for a new style of boat onr, by which a 
man, when rowing In the usual manner, faces 
the direction in which Ihe boat is going. 
A learned Chicagoan is announcing the the¬ 
ory that Saturn and Jupiter are electric mag¬ 
nets, and Induce currents of electricity in tin* 
earth, and aot with greater force at intervals of 
ten years than at any other time. 
A Cincinnati, paper says that in that cily 
dressmakers and seamstresses, who comprise 
the greater number of workwomen, do not 
average more Ilian $6 a week for forty weeks 
in the year. Tbe remainder of tbe time they 
arc out of work. 
The rates of interest paid by the savings banks 
of California are said to vary according to tho 
character of the deposits, ranging from six per 
cent, on short io twelve per cent, on permanent 
deposits,although some institutions pay ten per 
cent, mi all classes. 
Tub Boston Transcript sn,\ s: —“ D is officially 
announced in a Massachusetts State document 
that women employed In housework here, live, 
ns a rule, in greater comfort than any other 
class of female laborers; that is, ihclr food is 
better, lodgings more comfortable, and their 
wages enable Uioin to dress neatly and comfort¬ 
ably and to save something. 
Tiif. greed for office had « striking illustration 
in Washington, recently, when, a female clerk 
in one of the departments dying, eighty-two 
women applied for her place within forty-eight 
hours. Some of the applicants presented letters 
giving tho highest imlorsmimiits from Senators, 
Judges, Governors, aDd others holding high 
official station. 
A Connecticut woman discussing the enfran¬ 
chisement of women takes this view ; “ I won¬ 
der whether woman ought not to be enfran¬ 
chised because she can bear children. 1 1 slrik>> 
me that it is an entirely new view of the case, mid 
1 claim the honor of discovery. The bearing of 
children Is quite us important to the interests . i 
a nation as the bearing of arms, and much more 
painful; therefore women Imve a right to vote. 
Here is n refreshing story of a charming 
young lady in Montreal who lias had the nib- 
fortune to lose both her legs. Notwithstanding 
, this melancholy abbreviation, tho damsel Inis 
received over a dozen offers of marriage during 
the past year; and, what is more extraordinary, 
she refused Wiein all, though one of tho suitors 
was a member of tho Dominion Parliament. 
Tbe young woman is highly accomplished; lor 
although it would be utterly Impossible tor her 
to join in the festive dance, pollen, waltz, 
redown, and all that sort ot thing, she speaks 
seven languages, and is said “to charm every¬ 
body who comes near her." 
The Washington Republican says: —Mark 
Twain, we have good authority for stating, so 
far from proposing to retire from the literary 
field, contemplates the publication of a lresti 
volume, similar in style and size to the "Inno¬ 
cents Abroad." A portion of it has already been 
written, and is now in the hands of ihe printer. 
The floating newspaper paragraph relating ty 
Mr. Clemens’ future intentions isentfrely wrong. 
Tie never had, and has no intention now, of set¬ 
tling In Elmira, N. Y., mol he was Induced to 
sell his interest in the Bntlalo Express solely an 
account ot the health of btfl wife, who, we urc 
sorry to hear, is extremely delicate. These slept 
were taken by him on iliemlvioe of his physi¬ 
cians, and not from tho motives so erroneously 
mentioned. As soon as Mrs. CJeioens isahioffi 
endure tho hardships of an ocean voyage. Mr. 
Clemens, if it shall still seem necessary to effect 
her complete restoration, will take up his resi¬ 
dence in sueli locality in Europe as shall seem 
best calculated to secure the end in view. 
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Military Exemptions lu New York. 
It will be observed that the following act, 
passed by tlie lust. Legislal ure, amends tbo law 
relative to the exemption of members of the 
National Guard, and not only renders any mem¬ 
ber of the service who Inis served faith folly his 
term between April 17, 1854, and April 29, 1865, 
free from jury doty, hut also allows a deduction 
from his tuxes. The old law did not include this 
latter, and was frequently tlie cause of unieh 
dispute, and has often been threatened to be 
tested ; 
AN ACT relating to military exemptions, passed 
April 1.1871, three-fifths being present. . 
Tho people of the State of New York, represented 
in Senate and Assembly, do enact as pillows : 
Sec. 1. Every general and stuff oilWr, every uii 
officer, anil every conindwtoned and nmi-rommis- 
slnned officer, musician, ami private of tnemmia j 
forces Ol this State, who enlisted or accepted oipit 
during any of the time from April 17 . tsoi. 10 Al tu. 
1365 , and was or may be honorably discharged aft 
serving for seven years, shall forever after, so io i» 
us be remain* a citizen of this state, beexemi-1, f “ 
jury duty, and trom the payment of highway fi • _ 
not exceeding six day* in anyone .'rai.andeery 
such person now assessed tor highway taxes . na 
entitled to u deduction hi the assessment of >0 . 
and personal properly to the amount ol hsy* hj . 
dollars euch year; the exemption 
aOlHirs enoh year; tuu exL-w* / ,n mn. 
herein provided tor to be allowed oiilv’nitl 
duelloii to the assessor or assessors or the, 
ward, or city in which he resloes. of aio tin ' 
hU honorable discharge a fie* a iw 
years; and Die same shall only beillloweddur ff 
time ill which the books of tlm assessors are open tor 
review and correctiuu- . _i„. 
8ko. 2. Tlilu net shall take effect Immediately. 
SPECIAL NOTICES. 
STAMMERING CURED 
by Bates’ Appliances. For description, addies* 
